The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-27
The BEADING o1RIKE.
The Employee Propose Arbi'
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Tho Big strike.

5HAMoKIN, Pa f., December 25.-All
coal srd freight trans on tie Ma
honoyk and Shamokin division OF the
Reading road have be stopped, ard
the men are firm in the determination
TO more 40 traffic. OWING to the
Christmas holidays there is little or NO
coal at the mige- for shipment.
READING, Pa, December 25-On last
Sunday over 800 lOatrd coal cars
passed through Reading from >chulklll
coal regions for Port Rcumoud and
other points south To-day not a single
car was moved, and the coal trade is
practically at an end. During the fore
noon ever 100 rai!rOaders, whose trains
were run on sidiugs north aud south of
this city, passed through Reading bound
for their homes, which are mostly IL
the coal regions. Orders to strike were
received this morning. and, as far as
railroad ere SS we're Concerned, were
promptly Obeyed Immediately there
Rfier General Manager Mcleod tele-
graphed orders that every engine at
tached to trains lying on sidires should
be housed and guarded. The COM
pany employs at its shops
in this city about 1000 men.
but they will not go out, as they Claim
they are not included in the order of
the Knights to strike; but leaders ia
this city expect such an order very
soon, so as TO more effrCtually or pDIe
the company. A me.Un g # the Rail
Yoaders' Assembly was held to-day. and
the prevailing sentiment was in favor
Of standing by the strikers. Agtn-s of
the Reading Company, to-day, ACTIVELY
canVassed this section for men to fill the
places OF strikers and enable them to
resume the movement of trains on
Tuesday morning. Master Workman
Herman, Of this city, Today, sent out
kilograms notifying all assemblies of
the decision 10 strike
PHILADELPHIA, December 25 - The
following notice was issued last nj ht
and sig ed by General Mcleod, of the
Philadelphia 81 Reading Railroad:
Work will be restmed on Tuesday
morning, December 9th, at Port Rich
mond yard: Employees will report for
duty at tina tine. rhe places of such
as do not report will be filed by other
men. The men discharged for disob y
ing orders, in refusing TO move trains to |
the place of their destination, will not
be permitted to again enter the service !
of the company in any capacity
Leading strikers say: we wish to
place ourselves right before the public
by letting it be known that the striking
employees of the Reading Railroad |
Company are wi ling to arbitrate their |
differences with the company, and hat |
we are ready 10 resume work at env |
time. Pending arbitra ion our execu |
tive COInmi tee are ready to meet the |
Tepresen ativeS OF the company when |
they notify US of their willingness to !
treat with u.s."
An officer of the company said, this
evening, that the managers lid rot be-
heVe the strike would extend beyond a
few assemblies in this city. He elaine d
that he had received applications for
work from $50 experienced train hand
10 day, but had mol tx 3epted hem be
cause be did not believe their services
would be required He declared that
the claim that Is QUO men would quit
the company's employ was a pure fab
Yication, and he stGutly maintain ed that
10000 miners would refuse to 20 out
with the aggrieved freight handlers in
this city.
READING, Pa, December 26.-There
will be no strike OF the Reading Rail
road employees in this city. About
1000 men are employed in the COM
pany's shops here. 4 meeting was held
this afternoon, aud there was much
public speculation SIS to what would be
the result. There is q conservative ele-
ment in Reading which thinks the strike
ill-advised and impTacticable The con-
vention was composed of machinisfs,
car shop hands, car inspectors, black
smiths, engineers and men employed in
every department of traffic on the
Reading road all residing in this city.
After free expression of opinion, it was
decided by large majority not
to engage in the strike on the
ground that it was premature, too
hRsty and entirely local in its character.
It was resolved that If the managers of
the strike should order it's continuance
elsewhere, to give il ali the financial
support possible. Offi ials here were
busy to-day employing man to move
traffic, tomorrow, and several hun
dred were shipped, TO night. to various
points, where they will be needed in the
morning. The Cfficials am that they
have enough hands to have verything
working in few days.
PHILADELPHIA. December 26. - The
executive board of the employees % the
Reading road " re in session all day ,
and evening. TeIegraphlc reports from
Pottsvilie, Naboney city,
Williamsport, Tamaqna and other
places were read, saying the men were
atill 6rm IN their intention TO hold out.
ItWOnt Do.